Comments on: Espresso in Portugal

By: TheShot

TheShot — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 19:04:04 +0000

Cafés Tropical de J. Ribeiro & Leitão, Lda. em Campo Valongo? Ainda não tentei. Vamos procurá-los.

By: Maria

Maria — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 12:42:03 +0000

tenho pena que nao conste na lista os cafe TROPICAL. É uma trorrefacçao situada no norte de Portugal, se nao me engano, em Valongo. Sou viciada nesse café. É excelente. Acredito que sera em breve uma das grandes marcas de Portugal.

By: Fulbright in Portugal » Blog Archive » Embracing all things Lisboa

Fulbright in Portugal » Blog Archive » Embracing all things Lisboa — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:01:09 +0000

[...] that Bica was the name of a model of an espresso machine once widely used in Portugal. According to Coffeeratings.com, BICA might be an acronym either for “beba isto chávena aquecida” (drink in a heated cup) or [...]

By: TheShot

TheShot — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:06:37 +0000

JIM, it's not hard to find out with a Google search or two. For example, the coffee we most preferred, Nicola, has a Web site above with an online store. However, it appears that you must first register and it expects you to live in Portugal. So we got around that with a search and found another seller. Of course, your guess is as good as ours about how legit they might be -- so it pays to search for the business name on Google to see if there are outstanding complaints. Then there are the Portuguese food shops. In the Bay Area, there are plenty along Alum Rock Road, aka Little Portugal, in San Jose. A regular reader pointed out a classic Portuguese café there (though only OK espresso): Cafe do Canto. There are also online Portuguese food shops (for example).

By: JIM

JIM — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:11:24 +0000

WHERE CAN I BUY PORTUGESE COFFEE ON-LINE

By: Roberto Pires

Roberto Pires — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:28:49 +0000

excellent article!
make no mistake, coffee is Portugal’s best offering to the world right now and typically, it’s not a widespread export… am on a mission to find Delta or close enough quality tuga coffee in Manchester. Any clues, anyone? Cheers

By: Josue

Josue — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:48:09 +0000

nice article the best portuguese coffe is delta and us portuguese are addicted to espresso in portugual average person drinks 3 cups a day

By: Bravo

Bravo — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:43:53 +0000

Good article.

But the best coffe in Portugal is BUONDI.

By: TheShot

TheShot — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:31:35 +0000

Thanks for sharing that background.

I think for every part of Lisbon, let alone Portugal, that I’ve been to, I got a different answer for how the term “bica” came about.

By: bruno

bruno — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:05:34 +0000

Enjoyed reading your article, and just wanted to add further explanation the the whole “bica” etymology thing.
A “bica” in Portuguese is a fountain, or better yet, it’s the tube through which the water drips.
It seems logical that espresso coffe, that drips from a tap, could be called Tap (instead of tap-whatter, you have tap-coffee)
A quite unimaginative answer to your quest, and a rather simple answer, but those are often the right ones.